# Anyone Know WTF Is Up W/ Randy Quaid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518 "2009-12-16T19:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/141 "2010-11-27T01:38:57Z")
This is just a wild guess, but I doubt Dennis is leaping to the defense of his brother. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/142 "2010-11-27T02:23:44Z")
There’s nothing much out there beyond tabloid gossip on that topic: > **[Brother, where art thou? Dennis MIA](https://nypost.com/2010/10/24/brother-where-art-thou-dennis-mia/)** > > As Randy Quaid’s life implodes, his movie-star brother, Dennis, maintains his distance. The once-tight-knit siblings have fallen out over Randy’s tightly wound wife, Evi, said a private… > **[Examiner is back - Examiner.com](https://examiner.com)** > > Examiner.com is the go-to source for millions of people who want to know what's happening in their city. And we're still growing! [http://perezhilton.com/2009-09-28-dennis-quaid-estranged-from-brother-randy](http://perezhilton.com/2009-09-28-dennis-quaid-estranged-from-brother-randy) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/143 "2010-11-27T04:06:10Z")
Interesting that all three of those seem to be based on the same source material from a private eye. [Here’s another](http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2010/11/01/15907236-wenn-story.html) that appears to be based on comments directly from Randy. Randy is afraid Dennis will also be hit by the Star Whackers, but Dennis seems to have doubts. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/144 "2010-11-27T05:22:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Tories fleeing the aftermath of the American Revolution; escaping slaves on the Undergound Railroad; Confederate guerillas who raided St. Albans, Vt.; young men dodging the Vietnam War-era draft; and Christian activists opposed to Reagan’s Central American policies have all sought refugee status in Canada over the years - And I think Randy Quaid has claimed to be all of the above. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/145 "2010-11-27T14:57:05Z")
Gee, glad I didn’t take that role in The Debtors! Wouldn’t want to have been mixed up with all these nuts! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/146 "2010-11-27T15:27:28Z")
> [@Anonymous\_Coward](#): > > Randy and his wife were on a Canadian comedy/satire show last night. > > [This Hour has 22 Minutes clip](http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/22_Minutes/Clips/1287245959/ID=1660269085) Couldn’t get that to play, [here’s a YouTube clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JnmSIRvPZI). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/147 "2010-11-27T17:27:19Z")
He seems amazingly sane in that clip. Almost maddeningly so. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/148 "2010-11-27T21:19:40Z")
I know this story is a couple of weeks old but maybe there is something to starwackers theory. [Link](http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/11/26/publicist.killed/). ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/149 "2010-11-28T01:53:56Z")
I only get wacked by stars in my fantasies, so I guess Randy and I have something in common. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/150 "2010-11-28T02:18:29Z")
If banging is the same as whacking, me too. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/151 "2010-11-30T23:55:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If banging is the same as whacking, me too. Eww… who wants to bang Randy Quaid? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/152 "2010-12-02T02:19:09Z")
More on the Quaids and their possible joint mental illness: [http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/01/randy-and-evi-quaid-folie-a-deux-mental-health/?icid=maing|main5|2|link3|28776](http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/01/randy-and-evi-quaid-folie-a-deux-mental-health/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7C2%7Clink3%7C28776) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/153 "2011-04-13T13:01:11Z")
Dennis Quaid opens up, just a little, about his troubled brother: [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478363,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478363,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/154 "2011-04-13T14:02:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dennis Quaid opens up, just a little, about his troubled brother: [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478363,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478363,00.html) Well that’s not saying a whole lot. I hope Dennis is trying to help, but maybe there isn’t much he can do, either. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518/155 "2011-04-13T14:19:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dennis Quaid opens up, just a little, about his troubled brother: [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478363,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478363,00.html) > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Well that’s not saying a whole lot. I hope Dennis is trying to help, but maybe there isn’t much he can do, either. I am so tired of these celebrity tattletales. Just last week Madonna let slip that the sky is blue! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-wtf-is-up-w-randy-quaid/521518.md?page=7)